In South Korea, body of another worker was recovered  today from under the rubble following last week’s deadly collapse of a boiler tower at a thermal power plant in South Korea’s southeastern city of Ulsan.

 

 

The boiler tower at the Ulsan branch of Korea East-West Power Co., a state-run utility, collapsed Thursday while in the process of being demolished, initially trapping seven workers.

 

 

As rescue operations continued, firefighters pulled the body of a 44-year-old victim from the debris today’s morning, following the recovery of two bodies last Friday.

 

 

The confirmed death toll from the collapse rose to three as of today. Two others are presumed dead and believed to still be trapped under the debris, while the exact locations of the remaining two workers have not been confirmed.

The 60-metre-tall boiler tower was being weakened at the time of the collapse after its operation was suspended in 2021 following 40 years of use.